June 30, 2000

College Presidents Prove to Be Good Lobbyists for Humanities Endowment

While lawmakers are still debating the budget for the National Endowment for the Humanities for 2001, the agency has already won new friends in this year's spending cycle, thanks to strong lobbying.

University presidents have become effective advocates, said John Hammer, director of the National Humanities Alliance, a lobbying group. For example, Richard L. McCormick, president of the University of Washington, has urged Sen. Slade Gorton, a Washington

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